Curated OER
Translate Word Phrases and Sentences into Equations
Use this video to show your learners an example of how to translate word phrases into an equation to solve a real-world problem. The presenter begins with a review of how to use cross products to solve a proportion, including how to do...
Curated OER
How Do You Turn a Longer Verbal Phrase into an Algebraic Expression?
Translate, breakdown, break it up, or unpack this verbal phrase to get an algebraic expression. Practice this skill to get better at unpacking the more difficult word problems to come. The instructor breaks up this verbal phrase into...
Curated OER
Study Jams! Creating Equations from Word Problems
Word problems are full of information waiting to be deciphered. This animated video explains how to look for the important parts and how to translate those word cues into the correct signs. Go through a problem from start to finish and...
National Education Association
Rates and Proportions
Clarify complex math concepts with a helpful video. Learners view ways to work with ratios and proportions while discussing vocabulary and notation. After solving proportions, they apply the new strategy to word problems.
Curated OER
SAT Prep: Test 7 Section 2 Part 4
Problems 17 and 18 finish up this practice session, making this a short and easy video to show in class if necessary. Sal demonstrates how to translate word problems into algebraic expressions to both ease understanding and save some...
Khan Academy
SAT Prep: Test 6 Section 3 Part 4
The strength of this video lies in Sal's ability to immediately translate word problems to equations - a skill that might allow many SAT takers to have a better chance at finding the correct answer. If students watch him practice this...
Khan Academy
Shifting functions
Though Sal expects that viewers are "reasonably familiar" with square roots, he takes this opportunity to explain some of the notation, and how to graph square root functions. He uses a graphing calculator from my.hrw.com/math06 to...
3Blue1Brown
Change of Basis | Essence of Linear Algebra, Chapter 9
It is all about perspective. A video introduces the idea that the view of a vector all depends upon the perspective of the basis vectors. Knowing how to go from one coordinate system's basis vectors to another system's basis vectors...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Transformations
Flip, spin, and shift with this vocabulary-rich video on transformations. Learners watch different movements and see how to move an object without affecting its size. The video follows with a multiple choice assessment that...
Curated OER
How Do You Turn a Simple Expression into Words?
Being able to translate words into a mathematical expression is an important skill, but being able to go the other way is just as crucial. Watch as the teacher takes a simple algebraic expression and demonstrates how to translate that...
MinutePhysics
Tutorial: Creating the Sound of Hydrogen
How do you create the sound of hydrogen? An interesting video explains how to use mathematical formulas and sound software to translate the spectrum of light that comes from hydrogen into a sound. The resource walks through each step...
Curated OER
Word Problem Solving Plan 1
Word problems are a problem no more with this helpful and informative video. Sal demonstrates different ways to solve typical algebraic word problems (and one geometry problem), especially how to translate the word problem into an...
Curated OER
Division of Rational Numbers
Practicing dividing fractions first in a straightforward equation, Sal translates those skills for use in a word problem later in the video. This lesson would be helpful for those who struggle to understand what word problems are truly...
Curated OER
What is a Transformation?
A transformation is the process of changing the graph of a figure or a shape. The instructor introduces the four most common transformations: reflection, dilation, rotation, and translation. So watch as she draws the transformations on a...
Curated OER
What is a Transformation?
A transformation is the process of changing the graph of a figure or a shape. The instructor introduces the four most common transformations: reflection, dilation, rotation, and translation. So watch as she draws the transformations on a...
Brightstorm
Transformations and Isometries
Give your class a solid foundational understanding of transformations. The instructor in a concept video describes each type of transformation and transformation notation. He also identifies the types of transformations that are isometries.
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem with a Rational Equation?
Translate a word problem into a rational equation. This word problem might cause some to pause and ponder, and some to just give up and skip the problem altogether. It does involve some fractions, so watch this video and get a better...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using the Elimination by Subtraction Method?
Use word problems to teach systems of equations! The instructor in this video demonstrates how to solve a word problem using a system of equations and the elimination by subtraction method. She goes through each step, carefully...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using the Direct Variation Formula?
Have your class figure out how much "Teddy" weighs on the moon and how to translate words into algebra! This video shows pupils how to take a word problem, and then solve it using the direct variation formula and given information. Great...
Curated OER
How Do You Turn a More Complicated Expression into Words?
Given an algebraic expression, write a word problem. Usually it's the other way around where you have a word problem and need to write an algebraic expression. But, this is a good skill to have because it would mean that one has a good...
Curated OER
What Does the Constant 'k' do in y = |x|+k?
How do you translate absolute value equations vertically? What's a parent equation? What is a constant k in an equation? How does the value of the constant k change the graph of the equation vertically? So many questions. Watch as the...
Northeast Arkansas Education Cooperative
Interpret The Rate of Change /Slope in the Context of Everyday Life
Find slope all around us and calculate the rate of change during this video that uses real-life situations. Your learners will start by creating a table to see how each change creates the pieces of slope. Plug that slope into your...
Calculus Expert
Sketching a Graph from a Story Problem
One of the beauties of mathematics is the ability to take words and turn them into symbols. The lesson uses a graph to tell a story, and translates a description of water changing temperatures into a graph. The instructor then reviews...
Physics Girl
How Do Touchscreens Work?
Why can't we text when wearing wool gloves? The narrator explains the science behind touchscreens as part of a larger physics series. From sensors to translation, the complex process of sending a simple emoji comes to life.